Costs For Debt Collection

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Costs payable by you are limited to those disbursements actually incurred by us in lodging business name of Company searches, the filing, service or re-service at a new address of your Court documents, our attendance at an Examination or Installment Order Hearing, or time actually spent in locating your debtors, should they vacate their address. These costs only come into existence should legal action be necessary.

Court Fees and Disbursements

Where the creditor is an individual person(s), sole trader or partnership

Where the creditor is a company or other corporation

Searches via the Department of Fair Trading or Australian Investment and Securities Commission (necessary to establish correct proprietorship details or registered office of business debtors only).

$55.00

$55.00

Local court summons filing fee on debts up to $10,000.00.

$101.00*

$202.00*

Local court summons filing fee on debts exceeding $10,000 and up to court limit of $100,000.00.

$249.00*

$498.00*

District court summons filing fee (on debts exceeding $100,000.00).

$681.00*

$1,362.00*

Court recoverable service fee or re-service of a summons, examination order or garnishee order.

$67.00*

$67.00*

Local court or District court filing fee on writ for a levy of property or warrant of apprehension.

$86.00*

$86.00*

Local court or District court filing fee on Examination order.

$88.00*

$176.00*

Local court attendance upon an examination hearing or installment order hearing.

$100.00 per hour
(usually 1.5 hours)

$100.00 per hour
(usually 1.5 hours)

Local court filing fee on a request for a certified copy of a document, such as a judgment.

$61.00*

$61.00*

Prices are subject to change without notice.

NSW court filing fees marked * above, are not subject to GST. Solicitors’ professional fees and court recoverable service fees (as referred to in the accompanying proposal) are inclusive of GST. Your debtor is liable for full payment of these fees, including GST where this is applicable.

All other fees set out above are quoted exclusive of GST.

The fee for service of documents may carry a surcharge, where the address is outside of metropolitan Sydney, Newcastle or the Central Coast.